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Grants

Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP)

Innovationsprogramm für Geschäftsmodelle und Pionierlösungen (IGP)

Status

Closed for now

Another call is expected to start later in 2026 (date not announced).

Closed

Amount

Not published

Grant for non-technical innovation. Two project types: smaller Machbarkeitsprojekte (feasibility projects) and larger Marktreifeprojekte (market-readiness projects). Rates and ceilings are set in the individual call.

Funder

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWE)

public · national

Deadline: Opens irregularly — Call launched 10 June 2026 on cross-innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration; submission deadline 20 August 2026, 15:00. The current call requires at least two participating companies.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Sectors: any, creative, social
Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
Locally registered entity required

SMEs including startups, self-employed people and social enterprises; research institutions and universities may participate in cooperation with them. Technology is not required — what counts is 'die Neuartigkeit der Problemlösung'.

How to apply

Check the currently open IGP call and its thematic focus. — link
Prepare the project outline with the required partners.
Submit before the call deadline via the online submission system. — link
Assessment, then formal application on selection.

What you will need

Project outline / application per the call
Company data and SME declaration
Cost and financing plan

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE/Artikel/Innovation/igp.html

"Ein weiterer Call wird voraussichtlich noch in diesem Jahr starten"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de

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